South Tahoe Planning Commission appointed

It took three rounds of voting for the South Lake Tahoe City Council to decide on five members to be on the city’s Planning Commission.

Four people were seated on the first ballot – Michael Berg, Joy Curry, Austin Sass and Tami Wallace.

The second round was to break a five-way tie between Michael Beschoff, Judy Brown, Jonnie Crawford, Adrian Gooch and Mort Meiers. That vote saw Brown and Crawford prevail.

Ultimately the council voted Brown, a former council member and mayor of South Lake Tahoe, to be on the commission instead of sitting Commissioner Crawford.

The commission will begin its duties Feb. 11. The existing commission’s last meeting is Feb. 10.

The council had delayed the appointments in hopes of attracting more candidates. Originally five people had applied for the five-member board. This time around the council had 11 people to choose from.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report